Subject: Re: Verizon Business - LTE? Date: Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 11:49:38AM -0400 Quoting chris (tknch...@gmail.com): > Overall, IMO the trends are just seem to be going backwards. We have more > speed but we can use it less? What kind of technology advancement is that? > > I've had "unlimited" gprs, edge, 3g, and never really seen any kind of > actual cap. Sure they were slower but I didn't have to worry about getting > surprised on my next bill. If my edge from 5+ years ago could 3gb/day and > 90gb a month how is 4G at 5gb an improvement of the service?
In Sweden, I've seen several people in public transportation run Bittorrent clients on 3G. There might have been 9g a month for you back then, but nobody else did it. Now, every laptop has a 3G card. And they're getting used. With a sensible distribution of users over cells, the bottleneck is backhaul. Many towers started out with a couple bundled E1 circuits. Upgrading them to Ethernet over something (because Ethernet is the new black) costs a lot, apparently. OTOH, never underestimate "Because we can". -- Måns Nilsson primary/secondary/besserwisser/machina MN-1334-RIPE +46 705 989668 Hmmm ... an arrogant bouquet with a subtle suggestion of POLYVINYL CHLORIDE ...
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